EDUCATIONAL TRUST Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund — honors the memory of Murphy, an alumnus of the school and a former vice presi- dent and partner at Langan. DFI Executive Director Theresa Leonardo Yoshiaki Abe Donald J. Murphy Memorial Scholarship The first Donald J. Murphy Memorial Scholarship at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering was awarded to Leonardo Yoshiaki Abe, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Urban Engi- neering. The scholarship — one of three scholarships funded through the Langan Upcoming Events July 18, 2016 — Annual Pennsylvania Golf Outing Fundraiser Benefitting Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon Students Chartiers Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pa. August 11, 2016 — DFI Educational Trust and ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey Annual Golf Outing Royce Brook Golf Club, Hillsborough, N.J. October 24, 2016 — Annual California Golf Outing Fundraiser Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, Calif. Dr. David Crapps Engler told Imani Johnson, a reporter for the NYU student newspaper, that Langan Engineering and Environ- mental Services stressed that Murphy was very interested in the environmental engineering side of the business and that Abe’s passion made him a perfect candidate for the scholarship. In fact, Abe recently completed an internship with Massa- chusetts Department for Environmental Protection and wants to use his skills to affect change on environmental issues. Osterberg Memorial Lecture David K. Crapps, Ph.D., P.E., is presenting the DFI 2016 Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’16, being held June 7-9 in Chicago. A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit the DFI Educational Trust Scholarship Fund. Dr. Crapps is the founding owner of S chme r tmann & Crapps, Gainesville, Fla. He is a deep foun- dations specialist with over 40 year s of research, design, con- struction, and testing of piles and drilled shafts (bored piles). He has served as the geotechnical engineer-of-record for many significant projects involving drilled shafts, SPT testing and dilatometer testing. He has authored and co-authored many reports and technical publications on geotechnical engineering, and has lectured at the University of Florida and at DFI, ASCE, and ADSC events. He also assisted the Florida DOT in writing the Foundation Specifications for Structures used today by a number of state agencies. Dr. Crapps earned his B.Sc. and his M.A.Sc. from the Georgia Institute of Tech- nology and his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville. M. Byrl Williams, P.E., Chair [email protected] Thank You Donors The following companies and people recently made donations to the DFI Educational Trust. Michael L. Condon Scholarship Fund Hathaway Dinwiddie Deborah J. Tharp Larry P. Rayburn Scholarship Fund M. Byrl and Frances Williams Thomas Wysockey Scholarship Fund Steve and Tammy Parkison Langan Engineering and Environmental Services Legacy Fund Rudolph Frizzi Sustaining Members Fund (General Fund) David Borger Shimmick Construction Co. Donate to the Trust onl ine at www.dfitrust.org. Simply click on the "Donate" tab and you will have the option of contributing to one of the Trust’s specific scholarship funds or to the general fund. Whichever your choice, your contribution will be greatly appreciated. The annual Osterberg Memorial Lecture and Award was established in honor of Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg to recognize innovations in the deep foundations construction related to engineering design, testing or education and is supported by DFI Corporate Member Loadtest, Inc. Professional Development Grant The DFI Educational Trust and the DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee (WiDF) are awarding two grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design and/or construction of deep foundations to cover expenses associated with attending the Annual Conference. The grant recipients DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAR/APR 2016 • 61
